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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt index 4596d9e01a..5ad2233c99 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Custom userformat "log --format" learned %S atom that stands for the tip the traversal reached the commit from, i.e. --source. + * "git instaweb" learned to drive http.server that comes with + "batteries included" Python installation (both Python2 & 3). + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -101,6 +104,26 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The code to walk tree objects has been taught that we may be working with object names that are not computed with SHA-1. + * The in-core repository instances are passed through more codepaths. + + * Update the protocol message specification to allow only the limited + use of scaled quantities. This is ensure potential compatibility + issues will not go out of hand. + + * Micro-optimize the code that prepares commit objects to be walked + by "git rev-list" when the commit-graph is available. + + * "git fetch" and "git upload-pack" learned to send all exchange over + the sideband channel while talking the v2 protocol. + + * The codepath to write out commit-graph has been optimized by + following the usual pattern of visiting objects in in-pack order. + + * The codepath to show progress meter while writing out commit-graph + file has been improved. + + * Cocci rules have been updated to encourage use of strbuf_addbuf(). + Fixes since v2.20 ----------------- @@ -221,6 +244,71 @@ Fixes since v2.20 temporary file. (merge fa6f225e01 js/add-e-clear-patch-before-stating later to maint). + * "git p4" failed to update a shelved change when there were moved + files, which has been corrected. + (merge 7a10946ab9 ld/git-p4-shelve-update-fix later to maint). + + * The codepath to read from the commit-graph file attempted to read + past the end of it when the file's table-of-contents was corrupt. + + * The compat/obstack code had casts that -Wcast-function-type + compilation option found questionable. + (merge 764473d257 sg/obstack-cast-function-type-fix later to maint). + + * An obvious typo in an assertion error message has been fixed. + (merge 3c27e2e059 cc/test-ref-store-typofix later to maint). + + * In Git for Windows, "git clone \\server\share\path" etc. that uses + UNC paths from command line had bad interaction with its shell + emulation. + + * "git add --ignore-errors" did not work as advertised and instead + worked as an unintended synonym for "git add --renormalize", which + has been fixed. + (merge 9e5da3d055 jk/add-ignore-errors-bit-assignment-fix later to maint). + + * On a case-insensitive filesystem, we failed to compare the part of + the path that is above the worktree directory in an absolute + pathname, which has been corrected. + + * Asking "git check-attr" about a macro (e.g. "binary") on a specific + path did not work correctly, even though "git check-attr -a" listed + such a macro correctly. This has been corrected. + (merge 7b95849be4 jk/attr-macro-fix later to maint). + + * "git pack-objects" incorrectly used uninitialized mutex, which has + been corrected. + (merge edb673cf10 ph/pack-objects-mutex-fix later to maint). + + * "git checkout -b <new> [HEAD]" to create a new branch from the + current commit and check it out ought to be a no-op in the index + and the working tree in normal cases, but there are corner cases + that do require updates to the index and the working tree. Running + it immediately after "git clone --no-checkout" is one of these + cases that an earlier optimization kicked in incorrectly, which has + been fixed. + (merge 8424bfd45b bp/checkout-new-branch-optim later to maint). + + * "git diff --color-moved --cc --stat -p" did not work well due to + funny interaction between a bug in color-moved and the rest, which + has been fixed. + (merge dac03b5518 jk/diff-cc-stat-fixes later to maint). + + * When GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR is set, the command was incorrectly + started when modes of "git rebase" that implicitly uses the + machinery for the interactive rebase are run, which has been + corrected. + (merge 891d4a0313 pw/no-editor-in-rebase-i-implicit later to maint). + + * The commit-graph facility did not work when in-core objects that + are promoted from unknown type to commit (e.g. a commit that is + accessed via a tag that refers to it) were involved, which has been + corrected. + (merge 4468d4435c sg/object-as-type-commit-graph-fix later to maint). + + * "git fetch" output cleanup. + (merge dc40b24df4 nd/fetch-compact-update later to maint). + * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 89ba9a79ae hb/t0061-dot-in-path-fix later to maint). (merge d173e799ea sb/diff-color-moved-config-option-fixup later to maint). @@ -240,3 +328,5 @@ Fixes since v2.20 (merge 1747125e2c cc/parial-clone-doc-typofix later to maint). (merge e01378753d cc/fetch-error-message-fix later to maint). (merge 54e8c11215 jk/remote-insteadof-cleanup later to maint). + (merge d609615f48 js/test-git-installed later to maint). + (merge ba170517be ja/doc-style-fix later to maint). |